Funding, Mergers & Acquisitions

Financial movements in the AI ecosystem, including venture capital investments, strategic acquisitions, IPO's and funding rounds for AI companies.

Xsight Labs Raises Over $300 Million at $2.8 Billion Valuation

Xsight Labs has raised more than $300 million in a funding round that values the semiconductor company at $2.8 billion. The company plans to use the capital for its switch and DPU roadmap, hiring, manufacturing, supply chain, and customer deliveries.

July 31, 2026

Extropic Signs $75 Million Commerce Letter for Thermodynamic AI Chips

Extropic has signed a letter of intent with the U.S. Department of Commerce for up to $75 million in planned CHIPS research funding to develop Thermodynamic Sampling Units and qualify a domestic manufacturing path.

July 31, 2026

Simile Raises $200 Million Series B at $2 Billion Valuation

Simile raised a $200 million Series B led by Greenoaks Capital at a $2 billion valuation to expand its human behavior simulation platform.

July 30, 2026

S&P Global Market Intelligence Adds Farsight AI Workflows to Capital IQ Pro

S&P Global Market Intelligence will add Farsight's AI powered financial workflow capability to Capital IQ Pro later this year. The tool will help bankers and investors create pitch decks, confidential information memoranda, and valuation materials using firm templates and past work.

July 30, 2026

heytruffle Raises Funding for Restaurant AI Phone Concierge

heytruffle, formerly RestoHost, raised funding from Preface Ventures to expand its managed AI phone concierge for restaurant groups in the United States.

July 30, 2026

ADA Acquires Algonomy for Retail AI Decisioning

ADA has completed its acquisition of Algonomy, adding retail AI decisioning technology to its platform and expanding the combined business to 34 markets.

July 30, 2026

Cloud Capital Closes $520 Million Data Center ABS Issuance

Cloud Capital closed a $520 million data center asset backed securities issuance through its new ABS Master Trust, secured by an 80 MW hyperscale data center in Northern Virginia.

July 30, 2026

Agon Launches Virtual Battlefield Platform With $30 Million

Agon has launched with $30 million in funding to build virtual battlefields for training AI powered autonomous weapons systems.

July 30, 2026

Freehand Raises $75 Million for Supply Chain AI Agents

Freehand raised a $75 million Series B to expand autonomous AI agents for supply chain spend and back office operations. Battery Ventures and NewRoad Capital Partners co led the round, bringing total funding to $100 million.

July 30, 2026

Legora Acquires Legal AI Startup Wexler

Legora has acquired London legal AI startup Wexler, adding fact intelligence tools for litigation and investigations to its platform. The deal terms were not disclosed.

July 30, 2026

Bloomberg to Acquire Canoe Intelligence for Private Markets Data

Bloomberg has agreed to acquire Canoe Intelligence, an AI powered data management platform that automates private markets data collection and delivery.

July 29, 2026

CopySight Raises $3 Million and Adds Video Checks to CopyScore

CopySight raised a $3 million seed round led by Mucker Capital and launched CopyScore V2, which expands its copyright and likeness risk checks into video.

July 29, 2026

UNIT AI Raises $12 Million for Ecommerce Fulfillment Automation

UNIT AI raised $12 million to expand deployments of its AI powered ecommerce fulfillment and returns platform across North America.

July 29, 2026

Encore AI Raises $30 Million for Customer Interaction Platform

Encore AI raised $30 million in Series A funding led by Team8, Planven, and The Garage. The company will use the funding to expand global deployment of its enterprise AI platform for customer interactions.

July 29, 2026

ThreatLocker Raises $190 Million for Zero Trust Security Platform

ThreatLocker raised $190 million in Series F funding led by Elephant to expand its Zero Trust platform, AI security controls, and international operations.

July 29, 2026

Pangram Raises $9M for AI Content Detection Tools

Pangram raised $9 million and launched Pangram 4 for AI text detection, along with an AI image detector in research preview.

July 29, 2026

Recursive Signs $410 Million AWS Compute Deal

Recursive signed a $410 million multiyear agreement with Amazon Web Services to run its automated AI research system on AWS and jointly develop infrastructure for automated AI research.

July 29, 2026

Fish Audio Raises $52M Seed Round for AI Voice Models

Fish Audio raised $52 million in seed funding to build AI voice models for creators and enterprises. The company reports $21 million in annual recurring revenue and more than 8 million users.

July 29, 2026

Weave Raises $13.5 Million for Engineering Intelligence Platform

Weave raised $13.5 million in Series A funding led by Standard Capital to expand its platform for measuring human and AI engineering work.

July 29, 2026

Nexus Acquires Telemetrix RPM for Remote Patient Monitoring

Nexus acquired Telemetrix RPM to add remote patient monitoring, chronic care management, cardiac AI, and Epic workflow access to its clinical care operating system. Financial terms were not disclosed.

July 29, 2026

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